Express by Sebastian Kettley 10/30/2019
AN ASTEROID flying towards Earth at more than 19,000mph will come incredibly close on the night of Halloween, NASA’s asteroid trackers have informed.NASA expects the space rock dubbed Asteroid 2019 UJ3 to approach Earth tomorrow (October 31). According to the US space agency, the asteroid is flying towards Earth on a “close approach†trajectory. At its closest, NASA said the rock will appear around 12.37pm GMT (8.37am EDT).
What do we know about the asteroid approaching Earth?The asteroid flying towards our planet has been officially designated Asteroid 2019 UJ3.
NASA’s first observations of the space rock were collected on October 19, 2019.
The asteroid is an Apollo-type space rock, meaning it crosses Earth’s orbit on a path similar to Asteroid 1862 Apollo.
NASA has also classified the asteroid an NEO or Near-Earth Object.
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